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MINUTES Your link to the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Illinois State Board of Education Nutrition Programs
July 2006
I N S I D E
This Issue
ADMINISTRATION
The Question and Answer Corner ............. 1
Claim Common Cent$—Overclaim and
Interest Policy ...................................... 2
Are You Using a Caterer? ......................... 2
Are You Planning to Renew Your Food
Vendor Contract? ................................. 2
Spanish Translations of Child Nutrition
Documents Available ........................... 2
The Serious Deficiency Process in the Child
and Adult Care Food Program Part 2—
Four Elements in the Serious Deficiency
Process ............................................... 2
POLICY BULLETIN BOARD
Monitoring Requirement for Sponsoring
Organizations ....................................... 3
Fiscal Year 2007 Child and Adult Care Food
Program Annual Application Renewal .. 4
Changes to the Household Income Eligibility
Information and Other Required
Documents Booklet ............................. 4
TRAINING
Illinois Early Learning Standards ................ 4
Bookmark Nutrition Programs’ Electronic
Calendar .............................................. 5
Order or Download What’s Right for Young
Children, Improving the Childcare Nutrition
Environment ......................................... 5
FOOD SERVICE AND NUTRITION
Important Notice Regarding the Illinois
Nutrition Education and Training Loan
Library .................................................. 5
New! Sample Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack
Menus Are Available on Web
Family-Style Meal Service ........................ 5
Kids Recipe Source ................................... 6
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
www.isbe.net/nutrition 1
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The Question Answer Corner
1) Q—Do we have a new Child and Adult Care Food Program
(CACFP) Annual Enrollment Form?
A—Yes, the CACFP Annual Enrollment Form was changed to
make it easier for parents to complete when they have more than
one child at your center. If the information is the same for the
second, third, or fourth child they can just mark the Same Day,
Same Time, or Same Meals as Above boxes. You will notice the
ethnic/racial categories have been updated to meet civil rights
compliance. Also, you are required to enter an Effective Date in
the bottom right corner. The effective date can be made
retroactive back to the first day the child participates in CACFP
as long as it occurs in the same month the form is received.
2) Q—Why do At-Risk After-School Snack and Supper Programs
have to submit fire and health inspections before the facility
can be approved to participate in CACFP?
A—Regulations require us to collect fire and health inspections
every year to help ensure the safety of the children. The fire and
health inspections must be current, in other words, the inspection
had to take place in the last 12 months. Make sure your
inspections are always up to date.
3) Q—Is there a good way to schedule the three required
monitoring reviews to ensure monitoring meets
requirements?
A—Dividing the year into three periods of time (four months
each) might be helpful. Review all facilities during each one of
those periods of time making sure six months does not lapse
between reviews.